North Hays EMS celebrates the grand opening of Station 75 with elected and appointed officials and members of the community in attendance. The event, held this past Saturday included tours of the facility. Station 75 is located at 3131 RR 12 N in Dripping Springs. North Hays EMS serves the communiti...

DRIPPING SPRINGS – Rambo Masonic Lodge No. 426 invites the community to attend and witness a historic Cornerstone Ceremony in commemoration of the North Hays County Emergency Services District (ESD) No. 1’s new EMS Medic 75 and Medic 74 buildings. The event will be held on at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday...

Rebecca Minnick has announced her candidacy for Hays County Commissioner, Precinct 3. She is currently serving her third term on the Wimberley City Council in Place 1 and as mayor pro tem — a position she has been elected to by fellow council members for four straight years. “With the largest uninco...

HAYS COUNTY — Several area students received high honors from their respective universities. Victoria Rutledge of Driftwood was named to the Mississippi State University spring 2023 President’s List. Rutledge was among more than 4,000 students named to the spring 2023 President's List. Students on t...

Community invited to give feedback DRIFTWOOD — The county garnered community feedback on improvements to Darden Hill Road last week. A community meeting was held from 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, at the Cypress Springs Elementary School Cafeteria at 11091 Darden Hill Road in Driftwood. The coun...

New faces elected to school board DRIPPING SPRINGS — Dripping Springs voters passed a $223.7 million bond to keep up with the district’s growth during the May 6, 2023 election. Voters also decided who would fill the DSISD Board of Trustees positions and whether or not to pass North Hays County Emerg...

HAYS COUNTY — Early voting for the May 6 election wrapped up on Tuesday, May 2. The ballot, which includes bonds for both Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD — $367 million and $223.7 million, respectively — will also give voters the opportunity to elect new school board members. According to Hays Co...

DRIFTWOOD — For the last 50 years, the Burke Center for Youth has been providing a safe place for teenage boys who don’t have one. The Burke Center, located in Driftwood, began as a treatment center for teenage boys in 1973 and since then, it has grown and gained more access to tools to help boys in...

Community ideas, input collected Hays County — Everyone has their own vision of what a healthy community looks like, but the Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) is working to make these visions a reality for its residents. The HCLHD held a community health visioning session on March 1 at the...

By Megan Wehring   HAYS COUNTY – While residents have seen some recent rainfall, Hays County is still under a burn ban.   More than half of the state of Texas is under a burn ban, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service Burn Ban Web Map. Out of a total of 254 counties in Texas, 153 are under a bur...